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Three Mile Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station sits on the island in the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg, of area 3.29 km² (814 acres). Three Mile Island is the location of a U.S. nuclear power plant that, on March 28, 1979, suffered a partial core meltdown. The accident unfolded over the course of five tense days, as a number of agencies at the federal, state, and local level attempted to diagnose the problem (the full details of the accident were not discovered until much later), and decide whether or not the on-going accident required a full evacuation of the population. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Three_Mile_Island   (2808 words)

Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station is a civilian nuclear power plant located on an artificial island (Three Mile Island) in the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. For more information on the nuclear accident, see the page on Three Mile Island, which discusses it exclusively. TMI-1 is an 816 MWe Pressurized Water Reactor supplied by Babcock and Wilcox. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Three_Mile_Island_Nuclear_Generating_Station   (437 words)

Leonardo Digital Reviews On March 28, 1979, the worst accident in the history of commercial nuclear power in the United States occurred at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station (TMI) near Middletown, Pennsylvania when a substantial portion of the core of one of the two reactors melted. In his book Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective, Walker captures the high human drama surrounding the TMI accident, sets it in the context of the heated debate over nuclear power in the seventies, and analyzes the social, technical, and political issues it raised. Despite the generally favorable outcome of the accident, and the subsequent efforts to improve nuclear safety, the memories of the tension, the uncertainty, and confusion made a strong impression on popular perception and TMI is widely recalled as a major catastrophe, the worst in the United States' nuclear industry. mitpress2.mit.edu /e-journals/Leonardo/reviews/jan2005/three_barber.html   (748 words)

About Three Mile Island Alert The Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station is approximately 10 miles SSE of Harrisburg Pennsylvania, United States. Three Mile Island Alert is a non-profit citizens' organization dedicated to the promotion of safe-energy alternatives to nuclear power and is especially critical of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant. Three Mile Island Alert, 4100 Hillsdale Rd, Harrisburg PA 17112 ~~ 717-541-1101 ~~ tmia@tmia.com www.tmia.com /about   (352 words)

LONG ISLAND PRESS Three Mile Island, the nuclear plant on the shores of the Susquehanna As described by Three Mile Island Radiation Alert, "TMI-2 remains a high level waste dump in the middle of the Susquehanna River." According to the NRC, "TMI-1 is permanently shut down and defueled. In the aftermath of the Three Mile Island accident, the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history, officials from the nuclear industry and the government grew fond of noting that no one was killed or injured. www.besafenet.com /TMI25years.htm   (2409 words)

Three Mile Island - 25 Years Later A: In 1979, Three Mile Island was a two-reactor nuclear power plant on a sliver of land in the Susquehanna River in south-central Pennsylvania. Since the Three Mile Island accident 25 years ago, all nuclear power plants are required to have siren systems that warn the public of a radiation leak. A nuclear industry watchdog group yesterday released a study claiming infant death rates in the counties surrounding the Three Mile Island nuclear plants rose... freeenergynews.com /Directory/ColdFusion/three_mile_island25years.htm   (4442 words)

Nuclear Plant Terrorism Three Mile Island and other plants will install guard towers and make other improvements to counter the truck bomb and commando threat. Three Mile Island Alert recommended installing guard towers in 1993 in our testimony to the NRC and the US Senate. Scott Portzline of Three Mile Island Alert explains (Real Audio 49kb) the seriousness of the situation on "America's Defense Monitor" (PBS) www.tmia.com /sabter.html   (1761 words)

EFMR Monitoring Network: TMI & Peach Bottom Archives Three Mile Island unit 1 in Dauphin County and Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station are among the power plants affected by the new regulation. Three Mile Island unit 1 has set what AmerGen Energy claims is a world record for the continuous operation of its pressurized water reactor. The strike generated a power surge on two electrical lines that feed into the plant, forcing the unit 2 and unit 3 reactors into automatic shutdown. efmr.enviroweb.org /archives/cat_tmi_peach_bottom.html   (10420 words)

World Nuclear Association Information and Issue Briefs Three Mile Island: 1979 On the reliability front, the median capability factor for nuclear plants — the percentage of maximum energy that a plant is capable of generating — increased from 62.7 percent in 1980 to almost 90 percent in 2000. When TMI-1 restarted in October, 1985, General Public Utilities pledged that the plant would be operated safely and efficiently and would become a leader in the nuclear power industry. It was a major cause of the decline in nuclear construction through the 1980s and 1990s. www.world-nuclear.org /info/inf36.htm   (3034 words)

PA-DEP Update June 11, 1999 A simulated accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Dauphin County on Tuesday, June 8, triggered emergency response actions by state, county and municipal governments and the utility to respond to an accident at the nuclear facility, according to Lt. Gov. DEP Participates in Nuclear Exercise At Three Mile Island Federal regulations require a full-scale exercise of community emergency-response procedures to an accident at nuclear-generating stations every two years. www.dep.state.pa.us /dep/DEPUTATE/POLYCOMM/update/06-11-99/06119912.htm   (307 words)

Books: Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective - Physics Today February 2005 As one would easily guess from its title, Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective is about the highly publicized reactor accident in late March of 1979 at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station (often abbreviated “TMI”) near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Since Three Mile Island is a history book, the first three introductory chapters chilled me with the reminder that journalists write the first draft of history. The first three chapters introduce relevant issues preceding the accident: the public debate about the acceptance of nuclear power, the evolution of the elaborate federal regulatory system, and a brief summary of the engineered defenses against reactor accidents and the various challenges to the adequacy of those defenses. www.physicstoday.org /pt/vol-58/iss-2/p63b.html   (890 words)

pw: philadelphia weekly online Two of the three mice were deemed radiation-free, while the third, reassuringly found in a plant lunchroom, contained a radioactive material that "may be due to Three Mile Island Nuclear Station and/or fallout from prior weapons tests." Too bad GPU's no longer around to explain where weapons tests were being conducted near Harrisburg. In the wake of international notoriety that made Three Mile Island the butt of endless corny jokes, TMI Unit 1, which had been shut down for refueling and maintenance at the time of the accident, couldn't restart till the Nuclear Regulatory Commission determined the plant's then-owners, GPU Nuclear, would operate it safely. Radiation was released, a part of the nuclear core was damaged, and thousands of residents evacuated the area. www.philadelphiaweekly.com /view.php?id=6930   (3768 words)

Federal Nuclear Emergency Plan The accident at Three Mile Island nuclear generating station in Pennsylvania in 1979. The crash of the nuclear satellite COSMOS 954 in the Northwest Territories in 1978; and Health Canada is the lead department responsible for coordinating the nuclear emergency response of more than fourteen federal departments and six federal agencies. www.hc-sc.gc.ca /ed-ud/fedplan/index_e.html   (188 words)

Wackenhut - Three Mile Island Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station is owned by AmerGen Energy Company, jointly owned by PECO and British Energy. The plant is located 10 miles south of Harrisburg, PA on an island in the Susquehanna River. The plants occupy the northern third of the island while the remaining part is a virtual wildlife preserve inhabited by deer, geese, ducks, rabbits, and the occasional fox and hawk. www.wackenhut.com /object.php?obj=980029   (110 words)

American Scientist Online - March Madness The accident at Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Pennsylvania on March 28, 1979, was "the single most important event in the fifty-year history of nuclear power regulation in the United States," says J. Samuel Walker. But at Three Mile Island, the pressure vessel did not fail (which would have allowed the core to fall into the containment structure), even though it was not designed to withstand the heat the accident generated. The energy surge into the steam-generating system increased pressure in the reactor coolant system and in a device called the pressurizer, causing the pilot-operated relief valve (PORV) to open to relieve that pressure. www.americanscientist.org /template/BookReviewTypeDetail/assetid/37199   (1562 words)

PHMC Doc Heritage: Accident at Three Mile Island. Photograph of Harold Denton with Governor Dick Thornburgh responding to questions concerning, the nation's worst commercial nuclear accident at Three Mile Island, March 29, 1979, and school children's cards expressed both fears and gratitude to Harold Denton in the aftermath of the accident at Three Mile Island. In the long term, however, the incident at Three Mile Island began the erosion of public support for this type of electrical power generation. A principal factor in the restoration of calm was the assignment of Harold R. Denton by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to oversee the actions of the company and to advise officials responsible for public safety. www.docheritage.state.pa.us /documents/tmi.asp   (518 words)

Pennsylvania State Health Department Announces Potassium Iodide to be Distributed on Aug. 11; KI Available for Redistribution to Residents Who Live Near State's Five Nuclear Facilities There are five nuclear power plants in Pennsylvania: Beaver Valley Power Station, Limerick Generating Station, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Susquehanna Steam Electric Station and Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station. This distribution is especially intended for those residents who now want KI and didn't get it in the past; have recently moved into the 10-mile radius of a nuclear facility; or misplaced their KI tablets from the first distribution. More than 640,000 people live within a 10-mile radius of these facilities. www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-09-2005/0004085556&EDATE=   (822 words)

Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations Current status of the Three Mile Island nuclear generating station, Units 1 and 2. Energy Citations Database (ECD) Document #5691244 - Current status of the Three Mile Island nuclear generating station, Units 1 and 2. Oversight hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-Eighth Congress, First Session, April 26, 1983 www.osti.gov /energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=5691244   (190 words)

Yahoo - PEMA: Nuclear Exercise at Three Mile Island Tomorrow HARRISBURG, Pa., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- A simulated accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Dauphin County Tuesday evening, May 22, will trigger a federally required exercise to review the ability of state, county and municipal governments, and the utility to respond to an accident at the nuclear facility. PEMA: Nuclear Exercise at Three Mile Island Tomorrow Federal regulations require a full-scale exercise of community emergency-response procedures to an accident at nuclear-generating stations every two years. www.nci.org /0new/tmi-prn52201.htm   (362 words)

EFMR Monitoring Group To monitor radiation levels surrounding the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station and the Peach Botom Atomic Power Station so that any deviation from normal background radiation levels are immediately detected and reported. PECO and AmerGen have agreed not to store spent fuel or radioactive waste from any other nuclear reactor at Peach Bottom or Three Mile Island during the terms of their Agreements with EFMR. EFMR has distributed 60 Rad Alert radiation monitors (rad alerts) at 50 stations in an eight county area around Three Mile Island, including numerous colleges, high schools and community-based organizations. efmr.enviroweb.org /files   (1476 words)

1979 highlights from Pocantico Hills School On March 28 there is an accident at Unit II of the Three Mile Island nuclear generating station near Harrisburg, Pa. 144,000 people are evacuated. In March, Three Mile Island, in Pennsylvania, captures the world's attention. American drivers line up at gas stations to get gasoline. www2.lhric.org /Pocantico/century/1970s/1979.htm   (537 words)

Internet Update There was a problem at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station - something had gone seriously wrong in Unit #2. Good Morning Twenty years ago this Sunday, life changed in the Susquehanna Valley. This nation's worst commercial nuclear accident happened in our backyard. dcls.org /witf/storage/099-26mar99.html   (155 words)

U.S. Nuclear Plants - Three Mile Island Ownership: Three Mile Island (TMI) is owned by Exelon. Type of Unit: All U.S. commercial reactors currently in operation are one of two types: BWR (boiling water reactor) or PWR (pressurized light water reactor). The type is identified in EIA's Nuclear Power Generation and Fuel Cycle Report. www.eia.doe.gov /cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_glance/reactors/threemileisland.html   (108 words)

EPA: Federal Register: GPU Nuclear Corporation (Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 1); Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact As stated by the licensee, The corporate existence of all three Owners and the operator of TMI-1 continues uninterrupted, and all legal characteristics remain the same. There is no change to GPU Nuclear, Inc.'s ability to comply with these licensing conditions or with any other obligation or responsibility under the license. Specifically, the proposed action would amend the license to reflect the change in the legal name of the operator from GPU Nuclear Corporation to GPU Nuclear, Inc. and to reflect the registered trade name of GPU Energy under which the owners of TMI-1 are now conducting business. www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/1998/April/Day-23/i10845.htm   (863 words)

Garden State EnviroNet March 1979: Reactor accident shuts down the Three Mile Island nuclear generating station near Harrisburg, Pa., a facility owned by Oyster Creek's parent corporation, General Public Utilities Corp. The accident prompts nationwide reassessment of nuclear power safeguards. The first staff buyout offers are accepted by senior employees in 1994 and GPU Nuclear plans to trim the work force by 200 by 1998. GPU Nuclear gets approval to install controversial "dry storage" facility for spent fuel rods temporarily stored inside the plant. www.gsenet.org /library/16nuc/oystrhst.php   (506 words)

EPA: Federal Register: GPU Nuclear, Inc., Et Al.; Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 1 Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact GPU Nuclear, Inc., Et Al.; Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 1 Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact EPA: Federal Register: GPU Nuclear, Inc., Et Al.; Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 1 Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Environmental Assessment Identification of the Proposed Action Section III.G.2.c of Appendix R to 10 CFR part 50 requires the enclosure of cable and equipment and associated non-safety circuits of one redundant train of systems necessary to achieve and maintain safe shutdown in a fire barrier having a 1-hour rating. www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/1999/April/Day-19/i9747.htm   (753 words)

Health: Schweiker Administration Reminds Residents Near Nuclear Plants About Upcoming Potassium Iodide Distribution [8/13/02] There are five nuclear facilities in Pennsylvania: Beaver Valley Power Station, Limerick Generating Station, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, and Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station. In April, Gov. Schweiker accepted the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s offer of KI as an extra layer of protection for Pennsylvanians and was very clear that the best protection in the event of a radioactive iodine release is evacuation. If citizens are unsure whether they live within a 10-mile radius, they should contact their local emergency office or refer to the emergency information in the blue pages of their phone book. www.dsf.health.state.pa.us /health/cwp/view.asp?a=190&q=232025&pp=12&n=1   (681 words)

CNS: March 15, 2004: A quarter century after a nuclear accident, emotions still run strong This month marks the 25th anniversary of the accident at Three Mile Island, a nuclear facility located on an island in the Susquehanna River just south of Harrisburg, the state capital. Fighting the industry became a lifelong mission for Epstein, 44, chairman of Three Mile Island Alert, a safe energy group based in Harrisburg that was formed two years before the accident. Long-term studies by the University of Pittsburgh and Columbia University have found no increase in cancer deaths in the area because of Three Mile Island, and both the state department of health and FirstEnergy Corp., which currently owns Unit 2, maintain there has been no increase in cancer because of the accident. www.jrn.columbia.edu /studentwork/cns/2004-03-15/591.asp   (1285 words)

Bevelacqua, Dr Joseph J Managed as many as 17 senior engineers and support staff with the responsibility to ensure all TMI-2 nuclear and radiological activities were performed safety (budget $2.0 million). Performed a wide variety of radiological engineering activities in support of Navy Nuclear Ships including gamma and neutron dose estimates, shield design, radiation heat generation studies, procedure writing, and ALARA engineering. Successfully planned and scheduled the Unit 2 steam generator replacement outage which was performed in 28 days (a world record). www.acj-associates.com /Services/ACJ-CAN/Bevelacqua.htm   (2856 words)

contracts.html One of the most challenging contracts I wrote, negotiated and administered was one for design and fabrication of nuclear fuel assemblies and related services for our Three Mile Island nuclear generating station. Concise contractual definition replaced vague and sometimes conflicting terms, and the previous cycle of dispute-negotiation-amendment was broken. These contracts use a unique language and require a thorough understanding of each step of the fuel process, as well as the legal requirements specific to this type of service and product. www.geocities.com /tomnestor2002/contracts.html   (110 words)

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